As
well as the public houses in the towns of Powys there were many sellers
of beer. This was usually done from the back kitchen and people
could call round and buy a jug of ale.
Beer was often drunk by the whole family when drinking water was not to
be trusted.

A draper
was a person who sold material. This was important at a time when many
people made or repaired their their own clothes.

The maltster
treated barley with malt in his malthouse. The finished product was then
used to brew beer.

The millers
of the area played an important role in the local economy, grinding corn
in their water mills to make flour which everyone depended on.

Milliners
were the makers of better quality hats which poorer families probably could
not afford.
Similarly they would not have been able to have dresses made specially.
Local dressmakers were kept busy though making dresses for women
and girls in the community.